The future of blockchain remains promising as enterprises move along their digital transformation journeys. End users will realize the long-term value this new and innovative technology holds, building upon their existing technology infrastructure and also layering on new and emerging technology to create a complete ecosystem. In order to help vendors capitalize on the opportunity, we will share market insights and data on the key blockchain use cases and trends.

The future of blockchain remains promising as enterprises move along their digital transformation journeys. End users will realize the long-term value this new and innovative technology holds, building upon their existing technology infrastructure and also layering on new and emerging technology to create a complete ecosystem. In order to help vendors capitalize on the opportunity, we will share market insights and data on the key blockchain use cases and trends.

The Internet of Things marches relentlessly toward a ubiquitous future as it becomes the underpinning of many 3rd platform technologies. Organizations are beginning to move beyond pilot deployments to realize the promise of the IoT.. Along this journey, technology adoption and the investment horizon is moving fast and hindered only by the speed of business change. In this webinar, we will share market insights on expectations about technology adoption from the field, key insights on the spending landscape and IoT buyer sentiment.

In this IDC web conference, Stephen Minton will review the latest ICT spending data and leading economic indicators for ICT budget trends and new 3rd Platform technologies, alongside updated market sizing and forecasts from the IDC Worldwide Black Book, answering questions such as:

• How has the technology market performed so far in 2018, and how have forecasts for 2019-2022 changed as a result?
• What impact will economic trends have on IT spending over the next 5 years, and what are the main downside risks to the outlook?
• Which new technologies are experiencing the fastest growth in emerging markets, and which geographies are set to emerge as global leaders beyond 2020?
• How quickly are tech budgets moving from traditional IT deployments to the 3rd Platform of cloud, mobile and new technologies such as IoT and robotics?
• What does the expansion of the ICT industry and the emergence of new categories mean for traditional tech vendors and buyers?

2017 is shaping up to be a good year for IT spending. New technologies including IoT, robotics, and AR/VR are expanding the overall market, while traditional categories migrate to cloud and mobile platforms and businesses ramp up their investment in analytics or social collaboration to boost productivity. Digital transformation initiatives are driving an uptick in project-oriented spending, as end-users seek to leverage technology innovation into business benefits. A stable global economy has also helped, with emerging markets rebounding while mature economies have continued to post stable growth despite wild cards like Brexit. While economic risks remain, the short-term outlook has improved in recent months. However, beneath this picture of apparent calm and positive growth, seismic shifts are taking place which will reshape the industry for the next decade and beyond.
In this IDC Web conference, Stephen Minton will review the latest IT spending data and leading economic indicators for IT buyer behavior, alongside updated market sizing and forecasts from the IDC Worldwide Black Book.